Medical treatment adherence

Authors

• Lauren Ostarello*, Eastern Michigan University
• Morgan Wright*, Eastern Michigan University
• Thomas J. Waltz, Eastern Michigan University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2018

Department/School

Psychology

Publication Title

Principle-Based Stepped Care and Brief Psychotherapy for Integrated Care Settings

Abstract

Advancements in healthcare have resulted in many promising medical and behavioral treatments to address a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions through outpatient services. Inherent in many of these approaches is the need for patients to independently monitor and manage these regimens. Historically, this area of patient engagement has been discussed in terms of treatment adherence and nonadherence. We refer to self-management in this chapter because it is more descriptive of what care systems aim to have patients do when clinicians intervene to improve treatment adherence.

Comments

T. J. Waltz is a faculty member in EMU's Department of Psychology.

*L. Ostarello and M. Wright are EMU students.

Recommended Citation

Ostarello, L., Wright, M., & Waltz, T. J. (2018). Medical treatment adherence. In A. Maragakis & W. T. O’Donohue (Eds.), Principle-based stepped care and brief psychotherapy for integrated care settings (pp. 241–255). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70539-2_22